Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Updates Online Workers’ Comp Proof of Coverage Information
Jan 25 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) has updated its employer proof of coverage information available through the agency Web site. The coverage database will now be refreshed...
Texas Windstorm Issues Focus of Public Hearing Jan. 29
Jan 25 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on Jan. 29 to consider proposals by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association that concern both residential and commercial properties. TWIA is requesting...
Texas AG Gives Conditional Approval to Enhanced Driver’s Licenses
Jan 24 2008 // Attorney General Greg Abbott has given conditional approval to a state plan to create driver’s licenses that store citizenship information for faster and easier border crossings. Abbott’s ruling said the...
National Insurance Partners Opens San Antonio Office
Jan 23 2008 // National Insurance Partners (NIP) reported it has opened an office in San Antonio as part of the firm’s effort to expand product offerings and its presence in the Texas marketplace. Melinda Garren was brought on as...
State Auto Middle Market Open House to Celebrate Move to Texas
Jan 22 2008 // Announcing plans for major growth in the Texas marketplace, State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI), said it will host an open house Jan. 28 in its new office in Austin to celebrate the unit’s entrance into the...
MetLife Auto & Home to Expand Texas Homeowners Line, Agency Force
Jan 15 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home plans to introduce a new enhanced homeowners insurance program in the state of Texas, the company announced. Under the MetLife Auto & Home Residential Property Program (RPP), agents can work...
TDI to Hold Public Hearing on Dispute of Medical Bills Rules
Jan 15 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Feb. 4, 2008, regarding dispute of medical bills rules. The hearing will take place in the Tippy Foster Room at 7551...
ISO: Insurers to Pay $6.5 Billion in 2007 Catastrophe Claims
Jan 14 2008 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses $6.5 billion for 2007 property losses from 23 catastrophes — the eighth lowest cost in a decade and the seventh lowest frequency for the same...
Fatality Leads to Safety Violation Penalties for Texas-based Company
Jan 14 2008 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed $118,350 in penalties against Round Rock, Texas-based TECO-Westinghouse Motor Co. for the alleged failure to protect...
People
Jan 13 2008 // Dallas-based regional insurer, The Republic Group, appointed Jim Drawert to the new position of vice president – Industry Relations. Additionally, Cathy Link has joined Republic as chief underwriting officer. Drawert...
Travelers Settles With States Over brokers’ Contingent Commissions
Jan 13 2008 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. will pay $6 million to settle investigations in nine states and the District of Columbia over how it paid brokers. The St. Paul-based company said it had reached agreements with attorneys general in...
Texas Establishes Performance Incentives for Workers’ Comp Carriers, Providers
Jan 13 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation now has in place a rule establishing incentives for performance-based oversight for workers’ comp carriers and health care providers. The...
Texas Coast and Rio Grande Valley Still ‘Judicial Hellholes,’ Group Says
Jan 13 2008 // The Texas Gulf Coast and the Rio Grande Valley areas retained their reputation as “Judicial Hellholes” in 2007, according to a tort reform advocacy group that ranks jurisdictions it believes consistently hand...
New Markets
Jan 13 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Small Residential General Contractors Nuts...
Zero Consumer Complaints From Hurricane Humberto Claims
Jan 13 2008 // No consumer complaints have been received by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) in response to the insurance industry’s handling of the estimated 5,000 auto, homeowner and commercial claims that resulted from...
Judge Sanctions Texas Mutual, Company Will Appeal Decision
Jan 11 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company says it respectfully but strongly disagrees with the sanctions against it ordered by Dallas Judge Martin Hoffman on Jan. 9, 2008, in the case of Texas Mutual v. Juan Narvaez. The company says...
Texas AG: Health Services Provider Exposed Customers to ID Theft
Jan 11 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed court documents alleging Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership and its parent company, Select Medical Corporation, for systematically exposing their customers to...
Texas Medical and Hospital Fee Guideline Rules Updated
Jan 11 2008 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts signed rules to update a medical fee guideline for health care providers, to establish a hospital outpatient fee guideline and to update a hospital inpatient...
Texas Workshop to Focus on Safety in Construction, Transportation
Jan 10 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) will hold a regional workplace safety workshop in Corpus Christi to address safety concerns in the construction and transportation...
First Cancer Lawsuit Related to Texas Railroad Tie Plant Begins
Jan 10 2008 // Owners of a Texas plant that makes railroad ties were grossly negligent in failing to provide safety equipment for workers handling toxic chemicals, a pollution prevention expert testified in the first of a flurry of...
